Example sentences of "up [prep] the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've got red ones , blue ones , pick them up off the ground when they 're finished with them . |
| 2 | When using this fin elastic , thread it up through the feeder as usual , but do not take it through the tape-up spring ( the antennae at the end of the tension wire ) . |
| 3 | Sterling opened at Dm2.3157 , just above the all-time low it touched on Wednesday , but picked up through the day as dealers switched away from the German currency . |
| 4 | After a while , Niki worked his way up through the field until only Tambay and Prost were ahead of him ; then Prost had to abandon the race with a loose wheel , a stupid mechanical mistake , which put Niki on Tambay 's tail . |
| 5 | The slightly over-sized holes you mention are no problem ; this is simply where the strung ball-ends pulled up through the table as the bridge came off . |
| 6 | The practice in the club eventually leads on to grading competitions where new players try to lose their white belts and progress up through the colours until , usually as young adults , they experience the magical moment of putting on that black belt for the first time . |
| 7 | Usually , these are insignificant , and can often speed things up for the customer as well . |
| 8 | I mean a steam tug you got to have coal and you got to have the old boiler , old boiler , you got to heat that up for the steam cos that did n't pay then . |
| 9 | Winding up for the Government when the new clause was debated in the House of Commons on 14 April 1948 , Ede faithfully followed the Cabinet 's line , expounding the case for retention on the grounds that public opinion was not conducive to any change , adding as a supporting argument that the unarmed police had to contend with a ‘ class of gangster and armed criminal which hardly existed at all before the war ’ . |
| 10 | No , I 've been and spoken to them again this morning and yesterday , R S C left it there not O S D although it 's O S D's van , so they should 've come out to move it on Friday and the mechanics did n't turn up , then they lost the keys , cos yesterday myself and who was it , Lyn , waited up for the keys cos they were gon na move down put it into a safer spot . |
| 11 | If one wished to do so , one could sign up for the directive while keeping the 1908 legislation in force . |
| 12 | Deeply committed to the pursuit of mathematics and the physical sciences , he stood up for the universities when they were attacked by vituperative radicals such as Cromwell 's army chaplain , John Webster . |
| 13 | I need to put the date in my diary cos they 're going to fill up during the summer so you |
| 14 | Things did liven up after the break when Wallace replaced Whelan . |
| 15 | The rally ended up nearer the weather than the headlines . |
| 16 | Apart from general recessionary influences , Ovum cites a slower take up of the technology than had been predicted as a reason . |
| 17 | Philip picked up his bike , propping it up against the wall so it half slipped again . |
| 18 | Each aircraft carries approximately 12 seats , which fold up against the wall when not in use . |
| 19 | Yeah I put the shield up against the wall because I knew then that the whole house had been cleared and er bent down and asked her if she was alright . |
| 20 | I 'm aware that our backs are up against the wall as regards time because the response is meant to be in by Friday erm I do n't think actually that this is the the paper that Vince is presenting , although in fact , surely raises issues , I do n't think it is actually response as it stands , I think it is a paper which raises items of issues for this committee to consider , I do n't think in itself it serves as a response . |
| 21 | They blocked the pavement and there was this bloody great lorry up against the path so anybody coming down or up the road had to walk into the road or co , cross the road to the other side ! |
| 22 | The offender drove up behind the victim as she was walking in the street one evening with her daughter , aged two and a half , and attacked her with a hammer , striking her two blows on the leg and one on the knee . |
| 23 | This manifested itself quite dramatically on a few occasions when , the holding screws having sheared , the rail curled up behind the tank as it moved down the slope . |
| 24 | Outliners have developed nicely over recent years and this program is sure to keep up with the trends as they develop . |
| 25 | Outliners have developed nicely over recent years and this program is sure to keep up with the trends as they change . |
| 26 | I 've always grown up with the idea if I do a job , I 'll , I 'll do it properly or else I wo n't bother , I wo n't tackle it all . |
| 27 | Mrs Coates came up with the idea when she realised that young people were finding their way into adult bars or congregating in the streets . |
| 28 | I caught up with the others as they were entering the front door of the house . |
| 29 | And we 're gon na define when we 're gon na come up with the goods as well . |
| 30 | The ‘ Fury needing only half throttle to keep up with the Spitfire as they climbed to get on top of the haze . |